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Is it just me, or was this one of those terribly one-sided battles? I mean, Blanca was immune to electricity, meaning Pikachu's only GOOD attack against him would be Iron Tail or Quick Attack. Poor Pikachu. ;-;

People seriously complain about Zelda vs. Peach more than this?? There's so much wrong here!
First off, just because Ash isn't around doesn't mean Pikachu isn't able to battle when he's by himself. I'm sure he'd know when to...oh, I don't know...DODGE when the time is right.
Also, type resistance usually isn't a big issue in the anime. In fact, plenty of Pokémon in the anime have been taken down by attacks that are half-effective - this Pikachu is a good example, frying even GROUND-types.
Then there's Blanka's rolling attack...Yes, it speeds him straight forward...but ONLY straight forward. Little control over it. Unsafe on block/dodge. All Pikachu had to do was JUMP over the Lightning Cannonball and let Blanka crash. Again, Pikachu isn't an idiot. He was schooling Ash in the beginning, after all.

In truth, I saw this coming, and I'm not even a big fan of street fighter. The fact that Pikachu relies so heavily on commands from Ash is a clear disadvantage to begin with. Also, Blanca's agility is among the best in Street Fighter series, meaning that any advantage Pikachu's speed could have provided was nullified. Also, as a fighter, Blanca's strength was just overwhelming for Pikachu. This is one of those fights where the base stats determine the fight more than the fighting techniques or special attacks.

Jin Kazama from Tekken v Lu Kang from Mortal Kombat. Both games are the best fighting games of their era and Jin and Lu are both the main protagonist of their games, and are both the best martial artists of their game